Bruceia pulverina

Bruceia pulverina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumögen in 1893. It is found from southern British Columbia and north-western Idaho, south through the Rocky Mountain states to the Mexico border and from southern Arizona to western Texas.[2]

Bruceia pulverina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Bruceia
Species:
B. pulverina
Binomial name
Bruceia pulverina

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are light yellow tan with powdery dark grey brown markings. The hindwings are translucent pale yellow grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to mid-September.

References

  1. Bruceia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Pacific Northwest Moths


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